Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Pet peeves...

I thought I'd share one of my neighborhood pet peeves. The ' Cousin itt' Maples. Everywhere almost every house has one. I always find myself imagining how I would go about sniping them into shape. A simple thinning out of the under growth for a start ...

Here a double whammy

Weigela can be just as annoying

Hold on a minute ...that ones mine...ooops!
What are your favorite pet peeves?

I have to admit that I have one of these in a huge pot. I fell in love with the extremely lacey leaves and weeping form but have pruned it far too lightly because I fear ruining the beautiful form with which I fell in love. As a result, it's become too blobby.

I so agree about the weeping Japanese maples. I think it's our "inner Bonsai designer" or something. We need to see what's under there and give some definition to an otherwise amorphous blob. Let's start a revolution. :)